THE DELTA (Ben Caxton) — Tuesday’s vote to legalize casinos in four Arkansas counties could mean competition for Tunica’s casinos plus a new hotel and jobs for Arkanasa. Voters authorized new casinos near Pine Bluff and Russellville, and granted licenses to Oaklawn Jockey Club in Hot Springs and Southland Gaming…
HELENA-WEST HELENA, AR (Ben Caxton) — Helena-West Helena Police Department and Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents arrested fugitive Alvin Avance on Monday. A search last month of his home turned up 15 guns, long rifles, and handguns, four of which were stolen from EZ Pawn in…
THE DELTA (Ben Caxton) — Polls are open from 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM today for Mississippians to elect everything from U.S. Senators and Congressman, to state legislators, and local judges. If you plan to vote, take along a driver’s license or another form of government-issued photo ID. If you…
LITTLE ROCK, AR (Ben Caxton) — For the second time in five years, Arkansas voters will get the chance to increase the state’s minimum wage today. Issue 5 on today’s ballot, if approved, would raise the base pay for Arkansas workers from the current eight dollars and 50 cents an…
MONTICELLO, AR (Ben Caxton) — A double-murder trial in Drew County ended Friday with the sentencing 40-year-old Lavar Thompson of Dermott to three life terms, plus fifty years, to run consecutively, meaning he’ll never be released from custody. Thompson shot and killed the front-seat passenger, and wounded the driver, from…
MONTICELLO, AR (Ben Caxton) — A double-murder trial is underway in Monticello. 40-year-old Lavar Thompson is charged with two counts of capital murder in the shooting deaths of Jeremiah Johnson and Sholonda Binns in 2016. According to court testimony, Thompson was returning in a car from a local “juke joint”…
THE DELTA (Ben Caxton) — At least nine tornadoes have been confirmed to have touched down across central Mississippi in Thursday’s storms. The storms caused widespread damage and loss of power, and are also being blamed as a contributing factor in the death of an Alcorn State student. The strongest…
TEXARKANA, AR (Ben Caxton) — A man accused of kidnapping and shooting his estranged wife in 2017 is jail after 16 months on the run. Adrian Golden was arrested October 10th by federal marshals in Texarkana, Arkansas. Golden was indicted last year in Pontotoc County on a kidnapping charge and…
THE DELTA (Ben Caxton) — Despite the threat of severe weather most towns and cities across the Delta are planning to go ahead with Halloween activities today tonight. A number of businesses in downtown Clarksdale will have candy for trick-or-treaters this afternoon, with “trunk or treat” at the Aaron Henry…
DREW COUNTY, AR (Ben Caxton) — More than a dozen pit bulls were rescued by police after they were discovered in an abandoned house in Monticello. Drew County Sheriff Mark Gober says the animals were being trained as part of an illegal dogfighting operation. Several of the dogs had…
